1See References in Text note below.
5 U.S.C. § 8953
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Contract Disputes Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (d)(3), is Pub. L. 95-563, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2383, which was classified principally to chapter 9 (§601 et seq.) of former Title 41, Public Contracts, and was substantially repealed and restated as chapter 71 (§7101 et seq.) of Title 41, Public Contracts, by Pub. L. 111-350, §§3, Jan. 4, 2011, 7, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3677, 3855. Sections 8(c) and 10(a)(1) of the Act, which were classified to sections 607(c) and 609(a)(1), respectively, of former Title 41, were repealed and restated as section 7105(d), (e)(1)(C) and section 7104(b)(1), respectively, of Title 41. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of sections of former Title 41, see Disposition Table preceding section 101 of Title 41.
AMENDMENTS2011-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111-350 substituted "section 6101(b) to (d) of title 41" for "section 5 of title 41".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Dec. 23, 2004, and applicable to contracts that take effect with respect to the calendar year 2006, see section 7 of Pub. L. 108-496 set out as a note under section 8951 of this title.
- Office
- The term "Office" means the Office of Personnel Management.
- eligible individual
- The term "eligible individual" refers to an individual described in paragraph (1), (2), or (8), without regard to whether the individual is enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89.
- employee organization
- The term "employee organization" means an association or other organization of employees which is national in scope, or in which membership is open to all employees of a Government agency who are eligible to enroll in a health benefits plan under chapter 89.
- qualified company
- The term "qualified company" means a company (or consortium of companies or an employee organization defined under section 8901(8)) that offers indemnity, preferred provider organization, health maintenance organization, or discount dental programs and if required is licensed to issue applicable coverage in any number of States, taking any subsidiaries of such a company into account (and, in the case of a consortium, considering the member companies and any subsidiaries thereof, collectively).